What is the effect of the retirement of a payor on spousal support?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from LaRoche v. Lynn, 2019 ONSC 6602 (CanLII):
It is well-settled that the retirement of the payor may constitute a material change in circumstances and justify a variation in spousal support, notwithstanding that the payor's retirement is a foreseeable event: Schulstad v. Schulstad, 2017 ONCA 95, 91 R.F.L. (7th) 84.
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